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Python 3

16 Courses
21 Labs
59 Hours
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Python is a versatile programming language, it stands out as an interpreted, high-level, and multi-purpose programming language, placing a strong emphasis on code readability. As a dynamically typed and garbage-collected language, it caters to a wide range of programming paradigms, including structured, object-oriented, and functional programming.

Often referred to as a "batteries-included" language, Python boasts an extensive standard library, providing users with a rich assortment of tools and resources. Embark on this learning journey to explore not only the fundamentals of Python, but also delve into advanced concepts such as object-oriented design and effective code organization.

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Entry-Level

This section covers entry-level content.

Course

Python 3: The Big Picture

  • by Jason Olson
  • 52m
  • Jan 07, 2023
Course

Python 3 Fundamentals

  • by Sarah Holderness
  • 2h 55m
  • Nov 16, 2023
Lab

Guided: Python Basics and Data Structures

  • by Jeff Hopper
  • 45m
  • May 19, 2025
Lab

Guided: Python Standard Library

  • by Danny Sullivan
  • 30m
  • Jul 09, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a Library System with Python

  • by Danny Sullivan
  • 56m
  • Aug 05, 2025
Lab

Guided: Regex Foundations and Essentials

  • by Shimon Brathwaite
  • 1h 3m
  • Aug 18, 2025
Lab

Guided: Using Regular Expressions in Python

  • 2h 39m
  • Aug 29, 2025

Practitioner

This section covers practitioner content.

Course

Classes and Object-oriented Programming in Python 3

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 2h 26m
  • Nov 29, 2022
Lab

Guided: Object-oriented Programming in Python

  • 1h 29m
  • Aug 21, 2025
Course

Working with Files in Python 3

  • by Ed Freitas
  • 1h 19m
  • Nov 04, 2022
Course

Working with Databases in Python 3

  • by Douglas Starnes
  • 2h 43m
  • May 09, 2023
Course

Python 3 Best Practices

  • by ReindertJan Ekker
  • 1h 44m
  • Dec 08, 2022
Course

Development Environments and Package Management in Python 3

  • by ReindertJan Ekker
  • 1h 40m
  • Apr 21, 2023
Course

Testing in Python 3

  • by Emily Bache
  • 3h 5m
  • May 22, 2023
Course

Python 3 Regex Playbook

  • by Maaike van Putten
  • 1h 21m
  • May 08, 2023
Lab

Guided: Regex Patterns for Practical Solutions

  • by Chhaya Wagmi
  • 1h 52m
  • Aug 29, 2025
Course

Building a REST API with Python 3

  • by ReindertJan Ekker
  • 1h 25m
  • Oct 20, 2023
Lab

Build a Static Site Generator with Python

  • by Tom Bell
  • 2h 44m
  • Aug 26, 2025
Lab

Add Extensions to a Static Site Generator with Python

  • by Tom Bell
  • 1h 18m
  • Aug 26, 2025
Lab

Decoding Sensor Data Using Python

  • by Hugo Valle
  • 1h 51m
  • Jul 16, 2025
Lab

Add Error Handling to a Flask CMS

  • by Tom Bell
  • 1h 6m
  • Jul 31, 2025
Lab

Add Authentication to a Flask CMS

  • by Tom Bell
  • 1h 8m
  • Aug 01, 2025
Lab

Guided: Creating a Word Guessing Game Using Python

  • by Maaike van Putten
  • 1h 3m
  • Aug 12, 2025
Lab

Guided: Build a CLI File Organizer in Python

  • by Chhaya Wagmi
  • 1h 8m
  • Aug 20, 2025
Lab

Guided: Test Driven Development While Building a Set Class - Python 3

  • 1h 21m
  • Aug 20, 2025
Lab

Guided: Working with a NoSQL Database in Python

  • by George Chiang
  • 30m
  • May 20, 2025

Advanced

This section covers advanced content.

Course

Python 3 Performance

  • by Dan Tofan
  • 2h 58m
  • Feb 24, 2023
Course

Python 3 Decorators

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 25m
  • May 24, 2023
Lab

Guided: Using Decorators in Python

  • by Jeff Hopper
  • 25m
  • Jan 06, 2025
Course

Design Patterns in Python 3

  • by Gerald Britton
  • 4h 41m
  • May 09, 2023
Lab

Guided: Implementing a Design Pattern in Python

  • by Jeff Hopper
  • 30m
  • Jun 02, 2025
Course

Python Requests Playbook

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 42m
  • Dec 15, 2023
Lab

Guided: Creating HTTP Requests in Python

  • by Jeff Hopper
  • 45m
  • Mar 28, 2025
Course

Debugging in Python

  • by Douglas Starnes
  • 2h 2m
  • Apr 02, 2024
Lab

Guided: Debugging in Python

  • by George Chiang
  • 30m
  • Dec 11, 2024
Course

Python Collections

  • by Mateo Prigl
  • 1h 56m
  • Mar 27, 2024
Lab

Guided: Exception Handling and Modular Programming in Python

  • by George Chiang
  • 40m
  • Nov 22, 2024
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What You'll Learn
  • Python use cases
  • Code organization
  • Classes and functions
  • Object oriented design
  • Iterators and collections
  • Error handling
  • Introspection
  • Numeric tower
  • Hashing
  • Generators
  • Coroutines
Prerequisites
  • General Programming Knowledge
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Jason Olson is a software engineer passionate about distributed computing and cloud-based technology. He is a full stack developer at Concur, and formerly a Technical Evangelist and Program Manager at Microsoft. Outside of work, he is a father of two and loving husband. He loves building back-end systems that are distributed, can scale, and are fault-tolerant and reliable. He has delivered talks at Microsoft //build/ (2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015), Tech Ed, internal Microsoft conferences, and many...
Sarah Holderness
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Sarah just finished her PhD in Computer Science and in that process found two loves: inventing things and teaching. Working at Pluralsight allows her to do what she loves and work with some amazing people. When she's not teaching she's outside, enjoying the Florida sunshine with her family.
Jeff Hopper
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Jeff Hopper is a technologist with over 20 years of experience across several development stacks and business domains. He has enjoyed many of those years focusing on the .Net stack for both web and mobile development. His desire is to help people achieve more through technology in order to free up more time to be with family and friends. He and his lovely wife are currently enjoying spoiling their first grandson.
Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan is a former special education teacher and professional baseball player that moved into software development in 2014. He’s experienced with Ruby, Python and JavaScript ecosystems, but enjoys Ruby the most for its user friendliness and rapid prototyping capabilities. Outside of software he’s a vintage drum collector and loves playing with other musicians in the Raleigh, NC area. He also manages NYC Devs, one of the fastest growing developer Slack groups in NYC.
Shimon Brathwaite
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Shimon Brathwaite is a seven-year cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management and Consulting. He has worked at one of the Big Four consulting firms, multiple of Canada’s largest banks and in startup environments. In addition to his full-time work, he runs a blog securitymadesimple.org, a consulting company and is a published author with four books on cybersecurity. He is open for engagements related to cybers...
Mateo Prigl
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Mateo is currently a full stack web developer working for a company that has clients from Europe and North America. His niche in programming was mostly web oriented, while freelancing, working on small startups and companies that require his services. Go(lang), Elixir, Ruby and C are his favorite languages and also the ones he’s mostly working with other then PHP in day to day work. He has a big passion for learning and teaching what he knows the best. His big interests recently have been the fi...
Ed Freitas
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Eduardo is a technology enthusiast, software architect and customer success advocate. He's designed enterprise .NET solutions that extract, validate and automate critical business processes such as Accounts Payable and Mailroom solutions for all types of organizations. He's designed and supported production systems for global names such as Coca Cola, Enel, Pirelli, Fiat-Chrysler, Xerox and many others. He's a well-known specialist in the Enterprise Content Management market segment, specifically...
Douglas Starnes
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Douglas Starnes is a tech author, professional explainer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is published on Pluralsight, Real Python and SkillShare. Douglas is co-director of the Memphis Python User Group, Memphis .NET User Group, Memphis Xamarin User Group and Memphis Power Platform User Group. He is also on the organizing committees of Scenic City Summit in Chattanooga, and TDevConf, a virtual conference in the state of Tennessee. A frequent c...
ReindertJan Ekker
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After years of working in software development, Reindert-Jan Ekker switched to teaching programmers in 2010 and never looked back. He authors Pluralsight courses and teaches classes about Python, data science, devops (among others). Even though he squeezes some development jobs in here and there, teaching is his real passion and he is looking forward to share this passion with you.
Emily Bache
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Emily Bache is an independent consultant and technical coach specializing in automated testing and agile methods. Emily works daily with development teams helping them to improve their automated tests and raise code quality. Emily is the author of "Technical Coaching with the Samman method" and "The Coding Dojo Handbook: a practical guide to creating a space where good programmers can become great programmers". Emily spent many years working at AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceuticals co...
Maaike van Putten
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Maaike is trainer and software developer. She founded training agency Brightboost in 2014 and spends most of her days and nights working and learning. Training gives her the opportunity to combine her love for software development with her passion to help others boost their careers and be successful. She has trained professionals in the field of Java, Spring, C#, Python, Scrum, React and Angular. A lot of her time is spend staying up-to-date with the latest developments in her field. Next to the...
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Hugo Valle
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Hugo E. Valle is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Weber State University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 and MSc. in Physics in 2006, both from Vanderbilt University (Nashville TN). His research interests are in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT), Data Visualization, Software Development for particle detectors, sensors, microelectronics, and embedded systems, as well as computational science. Hugo enjoys to developed object-oriented software based on C/C++, Python, Per...
George Chiang
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George is a Pluralsight Author working on content for Hands-On Experiences. He is experienced in the Python, JavaScript, Java, and most recently Rust domains. Enamored with technology from a young age, he is always eager to learn more about new updates, trends, and breakthroughs in a plethora of topics ranging from Cybersecurity to Machine Learning. Outside of development, he also has a keen interest in fitness and enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Dan Tofan
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Dan started programming decades ago on a Spectrum clone and started his professional programming career in 2003. Eager to learn, Dan moved to Netherlands to study at the University of Groningen. Now, Dan is proud of his PhD thesis on decision making and knowledge acquisition in software architecture, and about a dozen publications with hundreds of citations. Dan used Microsoft technologies for many years, but migrated gradually to Python, Linux and AWS, to learn more of the computing world. Cur...
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